Candidates qualify for Central Louisiana offices

10:31 PM,
Feb. 15, 2014

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| Town Talk staff

Dozens of candidates filed to run for offices in Central Louisiana during the qualifying period that ran Wednesday through Friday.

Qualifying was for the spring municipal elections to be held April 5. Runoffs, where necessary, will be held May 3.

Candidates who were unopposed at the end of qualifying on Friday, except in LaSalle Parish, won the offices they were seeking. Those included Pineville Mayor Clarence Fields and the five Pineville City Council candidates, four of whom were incumbents. ...